ICD-11 code : 21;
Preferred Label : Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified;
ICD-11 definition : Clinical findings include those found using physical, laboratory and imaging techniques.
Diseases can manifest in many ways and in different body systems. Such specific manifestations
may be a reason for treatment or encounter, with or without identifying or addressing
the underlying condition. Categories in this chapter include the less well-defined
conditions and symptoms that, without the necessary study of the case to establish
a final diagnosis, could be designated 'not otherwise specified', 'unknown aetiology'
or 'transient'. The conditions and signs or symptoms included in this chapter consist
of: - cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made even after all the facts
bearing on the case have been investigated - signs or symptoms existing at the time
of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes could not be determined;
- provisional diagnoses in a patient who failed to return for further investigation
or care; - cases referred elsewhere for investigation or treatment before the diagnosis
was made; - cases in which a more precise diagnosis was not available for any other
reason; - certain symptoms, for which supplementary information is provided, that
represent important problems in medical care in their own right. These categories
should be used in conjunction with a code from another chapter that identifies the
underlying condition.;
ICD-11 "other" category code : MH2Y;
Origin ID : 1843895818;
Metaterm(s)
Clinical findings include those found using physical, laboratory and imaging techniques.
Diseases can manifest in many ways and in different body systems. Such specific manifestations
may be a reason for treatment or encounter, with or without identifying or addressing
the underlying condition. Categories in this chapter include the less well-defined
conditions and symptoms that, without the necessary study of the case to establish
a final diagnosis, could be designated 'not otherwise specified', 'unknown aetiology'
or 'transient'. The conditions and signs or symptoms included in this chapter consist
of: - cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made even after all the facts
bearing on the case have been investigated - signs or symptoms existing at the time
of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes could not be determined;
- provisional diagnoses in a patient who failed to return for further investigation
or care; - cases referred elsewhere for investigation or treatment before the diagnosis
was made; - cases in which a more precise diagnosis was not available for any other
reason; - certain symptoms, for which supplementary information is provided, that
represent important problems in medical care in their own right. These categories
should be used in conjunction with a code from another chapter that identifies the
underlying condition.
